Detachable window-pane for flexible curtains.



A. DAVEY DETACHABLE WINDOW'PANE FOR FLEXIBLE CURTAINS.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 13, I916.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917 ANNA DAVEY, or CARTHAGE, MISSOURI.

DETACHABLE WINDOW -PANE FOR FLEXIBLE CURTAINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 191 '7.

Application filed November 13, 1916. Serial No.131,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA DAVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carthage, county of Jasper, and State of Missouri"; have invented certain new and use- 1 l? iprovements in Detachable Window- Panes for Flexible Curtains, of' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates. to panes such as are used in flexible curtains, particularly on automobile .and other Vehicles where a light or window is required in a curtain, hood, top, or the like.

Panes of this character are usually of a flexible and fragile material and very liable to breaka e requiring renewal from time to time, it dangerous drafts are to be prevented whentouring. vRenewal, when the pane is a permanent part of the curtain, hood, or top, usually necessitates special repairs at considerable expense and delay.

My object is to provide an improved removable pane or light for flexible curtains, hoods, tops and at other situations where thischaracter of pane is employed which may be readily removed, when damaged, and anotherpane quickly and easily substituted therefor without necessitating special repairs,'delays, or expense other than the minimum cost of a substitute pane.

Another object of the invention is the provision of novel means, or a holder, on the flexible curtain, hood, top or other device for holding a removable pane in such manner that danger of breakage-thereof, is minimized and the pane is securely held and rendered adaptable for quick and easy removal, when damaged, for-the substitution of a perfect pane. holder into and out of which the light or pane is' slidable, and an improved arrangement of protecting and retaining strips disposed on opposite sides of the pane and ar ranged cross-wise thereof, constitute the means for holding the pane in position and, in addition, there is provided an entrance portion, detachably closed by fasteners, preferably those of the snap button type through which the pane is slid when inserting it in the holder, or, when removin it therefrom. The retaining portion of the older is preferably'composed of permanently connec ed plies, the snap buttons or fasteners and the entrance portion serving to retain the pane Qa said holder. With this construction I ob- In my invention the viate the necessity of providing fasteners directly connecting it to the curtain, hood,

top, or the like as has been previously proposed in constructions employing etach-' able panes. The expense of manufacture and difficulty of manipulation in inserting or removing a pane, incident to earlier devices is thereby obviated.

The invention is suseeptible'of modification and consequently the disclosure thereof which is hereinafter given should be considered as illustrative, rather than restrictive, of the scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are opposite elevations, the ply being turned back at the entrance, Fig. 2;

Fig. 3, a face view of the pane, and

Fig. 4 an enlarged section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

A portion of a vehicle or automobile hood, I

ply 4.

A strip or ply 5 surrounds the opening onthe inside of the curtain and is stitched at 6, said ply being otherwise free and constituting, in connection the material at the rear of the reinforcing ply 4, a holder for the reception of the pane or light 2. One

portion, preferably at one end of the opening in the curtain, is left open as at 7 to a suflicient extent to admitthe end of the pane when being slid into the holder or to enable the paneto be withdrawn therefrom. A lining 8 may be provided for the ply 5.

Fasteners 9 whose mating parts are carried Reinforcing the opening by the loose portion 7 and by the curtain 1 constitute ameans to close the entrance portion of the holder and to retain the pane in position. Preferably, snap fasteners are employed which are-concealed when the holder is-closed.

Arranged to lie on opposite sides of the pane or light2 are retaining and protecting strips or braces 10 and 11. Preferably these strips or braces are, in each instance,

crossed and stitched together at their crossed portions 12. The ends of the strips or braces may be anchored on fastened to the plies 4 and 5 in any desired manner but to provide a neat appearance the ends of the strips or braces may be entered, in one instance, between the facing'3 and the opposite ply 4 and, in the other instance, between the facing 8 and the ply 5.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A pane holder. for flexible curtains and the like comprising continuous, freely related, connected plies which are separated at one portion, thereby providing a pane entrance, releasable means for closing said entrance, a removable pane, adapted for insertion through said entrance, whose edge lies between and is held by said plies inside the points where the plies are connected toand overlying the panefor preventing the pane from becomin detached from the plies.

2. The combination with a flexible curtain or the like having a pane holder comprising plies, of a removable pane whose edge is received between and held by said plies, said plies having a pane entrance, releasable means for closing said entrance, and protectors disposed on opposite sides of the pane which are connected to the respective plies aforesaid.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

MRS. ANNA DAVEY.

gether, and means connected to the plies 

